I'm culling my massive stash of fabric, I have small scraps of hand-dyed silk, loads of lengths of prints, checks and plains. - mainly cotton. Help me get rid of it. I'm selling the larger pieces by the piece, others I will negotiate price by the bag. Some I will even give away!! Some may even be termed vintage!! Let me know if you are interested!!

Friday, August 27, 2010

So I have signed up for 2 sketchbook/notebook projects. having received the Notebook project book already I started it today. what challenge to set myself..... Black and White... for me the hardest of all is to work with no colour so here goes. Today has been very productive, time to get into the "zone" to just explore line , tone, texture... the elements..

Friday, August 13, 2010

I've just signed up with 'The Sketchbook Project' can't wait to receive it in the mail and get started, the theme mine is linked to is "The Greatest Story Ever Told".. well that will be food for thought.

On a freezing and stormy night when the weather bureau warned not to leave home unless you must, many people braved the weather to help celebrate the opening of "Long Socks". Thanks to all of you who made the night a great success. The other artists , Cameron Bishop , Marita Kelly and Belinda Lane in galleries 1 and 2 have got some great work too, so try to see the show before August 28.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Well here it is, the first entry into blogging world. My next exhibition is nearly ready to go. Long Socks has been 2 years in the making. The work has been printed,knitted, stitched and photographed ready to be presented to the world.See the videos about my work Youtube. My friend Rod kindly filmed and edited the videos and set up the wikispaces site- please have a look. Long SocksArt by Sally Darlison 2010

Belonging to be a part of a group- have the right social qualities to part of a group, fit in specified place or environment, be a memberTribe a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leaderTeam group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.two or more people working together

Sport typically creates a sense of belonging in its team members and supporters, each sport having an identity that is similar to that of a tribe- linked by a language and behaviour common to each game. Three sports that each have a strong individual culture and identity are Rugby Union, Soccer, Australian Rules Football.Each have a strong and passionate following and most supporters follow only one of these sports. To belong to the tribe one must understand the culture- know the rules, wear the team colours, talk the language, know how to react. To an outsider some of the tribal behaviour may be perplexing. In each of these sports there are identifying marks linking each to the tribe and then individual teams. The types of cheers, songs, names given to certain moves,all are distinguishing differences. Whilst each wears a uniform of shirt, shorts and socks, there are slight differences in style, fabric and colours. However, in all three of these sports the team players wear long socks.

This body of work is an exploration of both the similarities and differences in three football games. The similarities of the long socks, boots and a game played on grass and the defining differences in style of shorts, leg movement, athletic build, rules and goal posts.The artwork consists of lino prints on paper and silk with collaged elements - including knitted socks, maps of the grounds, rules and first aid instructions.

About Me

I am an artist using paper, fabric, stitch. My work is predominately about journeys and I incorporate maps into almost all of my work. I teach art in order to challenge others to further their creativity.